Fayetteville postal worker dies after spending hours in mail truck on 95-degree day
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- Wednesday "Wendy" Johnson was 51 years old when she died at Cape Fear Valley Hospital in June.
Family members said her death was heat-related and she began to feel weary on a hot day while working her job with the U.S. Postal Service. Johnson, who lived in Sanford, worked for the service for more than 20 years.
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It’s 2024 and THERE’S NO AC INSIDE OF A POSTAL TRUCK!!!!!! 😡 🤬
You keep the windows open and stay hydrated! AC can't help you if you are dehydrated!
This is definitely a bigger problem than hydration... Why isn't there AIR CONDITIONING in these trucks? Let's use our BRAINS ADULTS 🧠
No heat either. Whatever comes off the motor. No 4 x 4 in snow regions.
@renewashington791 No AC in mail trucks is ABSURD. We got plenty of money for illegals and Ukraine though.
There in Arizona at 116 for the past couple days and a 119 a few days ago. May she RIP and her family get justice.
We need to figure something out. Mail delivery shouldn't be deadly. Especially when it's 60% junk mail anyway.
You …. Are on too something .. they dont wanna hear this
d.i.
@@ezone913God is going to get you for that.
Exactly. Junk mail should cost extra, but the poor bankers like Chase, probably need a break on postage.
I agree!
It was a heat stroke! I've had one before while unloading a semi truck, almost died. I was hot, then dizzy and started puking every where. I had no clue what it was until the hospital workers told me. Look out for your local mail man or lady💯
Thank you. I always appreciated it when a customer on my route would offer me a cold bottle of water.
Yes and heat in an enclosed area is ten times worse
🙏🙏🙏
That's horrible, I'm so sorry for the families loss ugh
No delivery or USPS trucks should be without AC in this day and age......heartbreaking 😢😢
DeJoy says he is working on newer facilities.
The heat stroke training just ended. WOW ...
No A/C after ALL these years?!? As much money as the USPS gets from everyone, they could at least have the decency to have air conditioning for their employees!
The family needs to SUE all day long, and it’s time for OSHA to start sending out fines to USPS ASAP!!!
They don't get any money from the tax payers.
The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) generates nearly all of its
funding-about $78.5 billion annually according to the
USPS’s most recent financial report-by charging users of
the mail for the costs of the services it provides
Yeah, they get a whole 73 cents from you to hand deliver a letter from one coast to the other.
USPS is broke, Einstein.
Recently, I spoke with a Postal worker and was told that the Post Office will be hiking rates again for the second time this year on July 14, 2024. What are they doing with the money?
@@1014halifax How much would you charge to hand deliver a letter 2,000 miles away? How much would you pay?
No ac in 90 degree weather. That's torture.
@Christa. In Arizona it's 112 ok and we have Amazon and U.P.S. drivers they take water plus use g a A.C. IN A TRUCK THAT MAKE MULTIPLE STOPS HOW WOULD THAT WORK
Nope
@@ronbelanger4113 Yes
90° weather outside the truck - inside the truck was probably 10° higher. RIP.
@@marilyntaylor223Then imagine being inside it as those trucks are like they said ovens . We are in the South having extreme heat waves, 95 degree’s and these workers for the Post Office, UPS, FedX ,have to deal with this ,no air conditioners, those small fans for hours . This has happened many time before and this woman was in the back of this truck ,could not sit in the front as no room ,she was a supervisor.
Most people don't realize that heat can kill you even if you are an adult going about your day. Shame on USPS! Condolences for the family.
Then add we are now in most state facing a heatwave, 95 degree temperatures and can anyone take this in a metal truck with only a small fan for hours just about everyday. This woman was not even a driver,was a supervisor expected to sit in the back the only space she could and deal with not even a fan ,windows there for hours.
No shame on y'all,u working for the devil, what do you think going come out of that,that why am homeless.Remember the devil offered Jesus the world and he turned it down
SOOOOOOO #TRUE🎉
@@onecompass7290 and that what is happening,u people are been giving promises of world,if u just do thissss! And every time it be a trap.Think about
@@KM-oy5yh one more thing,I been hearing that talk all my life,and that drug dealer talk,at end of day they the one set on throne, not here my friends
Delivery drivers are essential workers and they deserve better🥺💜🙏🏽
As a Person gets Older their health becomes more important.
I knew a young woman that died from high blood pressure. She also went inside and locked the restroom door. This is a bad issue
Yes very true but these companies do not care at all. All they care about is money and the job gets done.
Right
We do not know if she had a health issue, and this extreme heat and being in an over for hours could have happened ,has happened to others . We try dealing with this with just a tiny fan then add she was ,could not sit in the front as there is no room in that mail truck for someone else to sit in the front. Again she was a supervisor assessing the driver, maybe routes and more in the back of it for hours ,nit getting any ventilation. So even having not having caused this which is why after other deaths they should have decades ago updated these trucks,with air,redesigned these metal oven’s.
Thank you Captain Obvious.
*RIDICULOUS THE POSTAL OFFICES WON'T PAY FOR A/C!!*
Right RIP
They are quick to raise prices but yet we get the same crappy services and nothing gest updated, those trucks are old and all you smell is the fume that comes out of them...I wouldn't be surprised if the heat and that carbon monoxide fumes is the culprit of her death.
And I always hear people brag about how much postal workers are paid.. apparently not enough because this is bizarre
@alaneofmyown it's a good job with benefits but yep, no AC. My mom retired from delivering mail. Half her career in Sand Diego, the other half in Las Vegas. She always froze water bottles and brought them with her everyday. Strong worker, she didn't complain but she knew this Vegas heat was a bitch.
@@chinaarlene7035 omg I can only
Imagine that heat out there Las Vegas and San Diego 🥵.. she did what she had to do.. I know she’s glad to be retired
SUE SUE SUE!!! My daughter is a mail carrier and it's definitely Hot ASL in those antiquated AZZZZ trucks. I pray everyday that GOD keeps her safe because it's horrible. I tell her to wear her sunscreen, keep her cooler filled with ice and water and take breaks often. She absolutely loves her job but no job is worth your life.
Air should be mandatory in any mail truck
I would check carbon monoxide levels in her blood. Those mail vehicles have been known to cause health issues.
Carbon monoxide? Did you watch the story? METAL MAIL TRUCK,95 DEGREE WEATHER.
@@TheMpo1986 I swear people are so stupid. I just quit my job. They wanted me to sit in a hot truck with no ac, next to an airplane hours.
@@Ihateyou100 someone else can do it. That's a nope for me. My job is temperature controlled all year. FTW.
Good catch. Definitely has to be checked out.
@TheMpo1986 it's only speculation she died from heat stroke. You must be high up in the postal service hierarchy.
Postal workers have been complaining about having no AC in the truck for decades. They give them water to stay hydrated. In that type of weather. The water bottle would stay hot unless you have a small cooler with ice of your own .
@@beautifulyou2 And you’d have to keep replenishing the ice. Horrible. These vehicles should have a/c
They don’t give you water. My husband works for post office he has to supply his own water and gatorade.
@@thegreyhoundgirls536 facts
You aren't too bright, are you? Drinking cold water when you are hot isn't good for your body.
@@FurBabyMom4😂, yea... it's too hard to bring your own water to work. 😂
I quit a job (at 62) 5 months ago. New field for me and was excited working in an aseptic lab environment. No one told me about the unpredictable hours (sometimes 18- 20 a day!) and then if you called out the next day it was frowned upon. Even after complaining about the unpredictable schedule and not knowing what and when you would start or end I was admonished for taking consecutive days off. Even the 20-30 years olds were complaining!!! I'm not just out of college age and was going to work depressed daily. Once my supervisor sat me down, we had the conversation about life/work balance he pulled out 2 write ups for me to sign. Needless to say I DID NOT and simply walked away! WTF is wrong with these companies? I simply refuse to be abused by these companies. Once your health starts to fail they will simply replace you with NO COMPASSION! 3 more years until retirement...
Lol 2 write ups
That's just terrible, I'm glad you walked away. I wish you luck finding a job that respects you and other employees. I hope your retirement comes quickly.
I can relate. I was reprimanded for experiencing heat-related illness at my job. Over 105 degrees no air conditioning, got very sick and had to step away. Needless to say, I quit immediately!
Did you get it all out? Are you better now? ❤
Take Care
@@SashaFierce-jk3bxxx58 you better now?????
So sorry for the family. As a carrier, it gets over 130°F in those trucks when it's in the 90s outside. They are over 30 years old, that is officially an antique. No power windows, no power locks, no airbags. True death traps.
I know 😞 we’ve been feelin it in the northeast … stay safe fam ❤
My heart really goes out to her family and children. These days, you have to look out for yourself, because these jobs aren't. There's no way i would have stayed in that heat box. They probably would have fired me, but at least I would be alive to see another day. These jobs aren't worth dying for.....R.I.P
This made me cry, poor woman.
@@lovewins699 I'M SURE SHE DIDN'T THINK SHE WAS GOING TO DIE.
Yep, now it’s own to the next person.
Exactly
@@lovewins699 finally, the comment I was hoping to see! I have not only myself, but my child to live for. I would’ve left my shift early or quit. No job is worth your life!
A postal worker died from heat in Texas last year.
how many people die last year in texas from heat all toghter , it happens , if the LORD calls you its your time
And Texas doesn't even care if your employer gives you water breaks.... Pro Life? Nope.
@@damnu8089The point was they should have long, decades ago updated these trucks and it has happened many times before.
@@damnu8089 you’re momma raised a dog. Heat related illness is preventable.
I drove that same type of vehicle for over 30 years. No Air Conditioning for hotter weather and barely any heat for the colder weather. Very dangerous. I recently retired. 😊
My nephew is a postal worker and the USPS have told them they will be getting new postal trucks…but that was over 3 years ago. Hes still driving in a metal oven to this day.
Boo Hoo
They lied to keep him from quitting plus they said “new trucks “ but didn’t say with a/c
They lie it's been 4 years and still no new vehicle
@@T2MARA all the post office got was a new post master and new scanners in 5 years of me being there
Thats it and thats all
Everything is in talks for years b4 anything happens
The post office is a scam. The whole structure from how you make your money
Too how long it takes you to get too full pay to how you get your off days… its all seniority
So the longer we keep you here “ the more you’ll get “ or seem too get ….
Its all jus a reach too keep you from quitting & thats manipulative too me .. theres better out there theres work too do less for the same money … but they dont wanna lose you that easily but at the same time will b dammed to pay you what you actually want or need…
You have too have no faith in yourself or jus b too old too do abything else too stick it out with the post office
I started at 24-25 and was told … you wont b rich… but your bills will b paid .. that stuck with me since then .. all this work too get paid and still not be able to do much past paying bills
Im 30 now and 5 years prior i gave myself 5 years to see where i would b in life and sad too say the post office barely got me anything in those 5 years but tans every summer and body aches.. get paid every two weeks too get a one week check. Too have too make that check you got in 2 weeks last 2 weeks
Its all insane i can go forever i truly can
RIP 💐💐💐💐 Ms. Wendy from a fellow postal worker. We are all one family. My condolences to your family and friends. 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
Im actually pretty surprised for as long as this has been happening that nothing has been done about it
De Joy hasn’t changed anything and they won’t t he ey don’t allow them to come earlier either and if you complain they work it so you c ok me in latet
Not cool working to death! Workers have to speak out!
They won't. They just pop lock to their owners tune....
They won’t because everyone too afraid to speak up. It never fails.
@@whammo11224 they are to scared to stick together, not realizing thet if they all refused to drive the company would cave in the to the demands. The company needs them just as much as they need a paycheck
Whistle Blowers get corrective action. 🥴
Yes, really want to, but I don't want to lose my job. 😥
As a Full time City Letter Carrier and I heard that she was a supervisor riding in the back of the Postal truck. 1st let me say, I am assigned to the very same type of truth she was riding in and yes those trucks have no air conditioning. The 2 flap windows allowing air to circulate in the back are useless when it is hot. She was riding in a jump seat along with the rest of the mail that has to be delivered. She was doing a route inspection with the carrier and the route on a mounted route. A route inspection is completely different from the supervisor observing the carrier, in which the supervisor would tail the carrier in another vehicle for a few minutes and would be on their way. Carriers are not allowed to drive the truck with both doors open as UPS drivers do and driving with the back gate open is a violation. The small plastic or aluminum Kmart fan up front is of no use because it only blows hot air in the driver’s face.You can roll the left side window, however, you must be cautious of people reaching inside the truck grabbing mail from the tray ledge, while you’re strapped in your seat. Our union fought to have the carriers start early during the summer with the hopes that most of the delivers are completed by noon, which is when the sun is said to be at its highest. The suggestion was shot down only to have starting times pushed back later in the morning with some carriers leaving the office around 11 a:m and all deliveries must be completed by the end of the day. Management preach drink plenty of water, stay hydrated, yet balk at the comfort stops after drinking all those hydrating liquids. Our Union stress taking mini breaks in addition to the 2 breaks, however those extra breaks only pushes your time in the field back and you are out in the field much longer. I keep an Igloo cooler filled with ice in the truck everyday only to have the water melted before the completion of the day. Let’s not discuss that you are apparently sitting on top of the engine because the floor surround your seat gets very hot you actually can cook an egg or make a cheese melt on the floor. My deepest condolences go out to her family. They are fully aware of the condition of those tombs on wheels, yet this is what we carriers have to deal with on a daily. Someone suggested that they go back to the days of old when carriers walked the route. That is not going to happen because for management, a carrier can deliver to more boxed by truck than on foot, as the Postal Service is moving to make deliveries with multiple boxes on 1 post. The carrier can knock out 12 delivers driving while the walking has completed maybe 4. The pay and the benefits are good, however, the job is hard and they will try to extract every penny you are paid out of you with work. The job is not for the lazy person aka a slacker.
And the scanner’s have GPS. If you take an unauthorized break in an unauthorized location, you might get questioned about it by someone in supervision.
Thank you for your input. This is truly concerning and disgusting
Those mail trucks should have A/C to prevent such a tragedy.
Do you know how much gas that would take with doors opening all the time
@BIKENESS So I guess gas mean more than a life..smh! No common sense
@@PedalsNPetalsBut the main issues is they have not for decade been updated ,the workers only having those little fans trapped in an oven for hours.
@@PedalsNPetals some vehicles used have air conditioning. Mercedes Metris and Pro master . The A/C is not on all the time since you have to be outside the majority of the time not inside the vehicle.
@@PedalsNPetals do you know how much gas it takes driving daily
Stop and starting daily ?
The gas usage has nothing too do with that
The trucks are old and jus didn’t come equip with ac
The one thing that has not changed in over 50 years, are the box postal trucks! They still have no air conditioner inside! Back in the day 1999~i worked for the United States postal service, but quit after horrible work conditions!👎🏼
@@JessicaRamosMaskiell .. fedex and UPS is the same no air-conditioning
they could go back to walking like they did 30 years ago
The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) generates nearly all of its
funding-about $78.5 billion annually according to the
USPS’s most recent financial report-by charging users of
the mail for the costs of the services it provides
@damnu8089 Those are called City Carriers. They walk several miles a day delivering mail. Nothing has changed.
Those conditions are worse now. Now the FFL determines how successful it is.
If you are not part of them, your career gets no- where with that company.
The postal service is the worst ran business in America
In addition to the Department of Motor Vehicles. The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) generates nearly all of its
funding-about $78.5 billion annually according to the
USPS’s most recent financial report-by charging users of
the mail for the costs of the services it provides
It's the most mismanaged because the person running it (DeJoy) has interests in letting it fail so that it can be sold off and privatized.
Thanks Lord for your peace
@flatline4213 Well the Postmaster General Dejjoy formerly owned a logistics company XPO LOGISTICS, since in office he managed to introduce GA ground advantage thus less mail being flown 😡😡😡😖
Got like this when the new post master General took over.
This is ridiculous !!!!!! if this is what caused her death “The United States Postal Service (USPS) has been around for almost 250 years” We are now in 2024 !!! Absolutely no excuses no reason !!!
There is no mail worth a post delivery person losing their life!! Sending employees out in vehicles in brutal heat with no A/C ??? She did it as others do everyday to pay for shelter, food, have medical insurance, etc.
Its to hot mail should be delivered very early then a cut off time. Why is there no air in the truck
Air is useless if you are not drinking water.
Common sense like this, is what the post office dont wanna hear
Those trucks are from the early eighties. Literally. They should be ashamed of themselves.
@beautifulwithbrains3096
*too
I bet she did her job well sorry to hear about her passing
But inmates in custody get free AC!
Pretty sure it's for the lazy staff
@BIKENESS
The AC isn’t free WE pay for it 🤨! We should have the inmates live with you instead
I was shocked to find out years ago that postal trucks have no ac. I live in Arizona and it gets up to 120 out here. They want the mailman to deliver the mail but don’t want to supply them with trucks that have ac. This should be against the law to have trucks without ac since stealing one or mail is a government offense then that should go for the truck without ac. It’s a shame.
The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) generates nearly all of its
funding-about $78.5 billion annually according to the
USPS’s most recent financial report-by charging users of
the mail for the costs of the services it provides
Rest in peace Wendy. They need to investigate her supervisor who probably told them to get it done without care for her health.
Yes, and investigate for meal period/rest period violations. It's likely that she was denied proper breaks.
Prayers to the family. I can't function in the heat, I get light headed often, I can imagine. 💜💚
I can't even think straight.
Well your lucky cause we worked in factories all we had was industrial fan to keep us cool oh the pay was 4.00 an hour but I will say they should have been installed A.C.in those trucks times have changed and so has the weather 🤣
I hate the heat and I can't imagine having to work in it. No f'ing way.
All this money for war but cant get AC for essential service workers? America is a joke
As an ex postal Worker who started in 1985 and walked by 2006 I had it they don’t care about their workers or your health they only care about numbers the post office is nothing but a true plantation in and out of the building.
Sounds like she didn't want to carry the mail in the first place because she was a "supervisor "and they made her carry anyway, that's my Take on it!
CRY ME A RIVER
Workers please take care of yourself, if you feel tired or bad go take a break, some how, somewhere! jobs only care about work being done! you’re be replaced in the next second 💯
@@lovelite6737 facts
@@lovelite6737 agreed
The carrier’s use scanner’s for scanning the barcodes. The thing is that the scanner’s have GPS. If a carrier is taking an unauthorized break to cool down, they might get questioned about it from someone in supervision.
@@gaycramer2658in some states like CA, additional breaks are allowed for those who work in high heat conditions. Many employers are violating these laws and pressuring staff to skip basic breaks because of staffing issues or simply not giving a crap about their workers.
Those trucks are outdated. What is Mr Dejoy going to do about it?
Dejoy is a trumper. He doesn’t care. He was put there by the previous administration to dismantle the post office to make mail in voting more difficult.
Ask trump, he hand picked the guy to stop mail in voting in 2020. Biden should have kicked him straight out!
@@deliajones9541 Biden tried to get rid of him, but Trump had set it up where he couldn't get fired.
@@deliajones9541get your facts straight Biden can’t only the postal board can
@@deliajones9541 yep, not brandon thats been in for nearly 4 years now
No AC in the truck? Why is the Post Office not taking care of its employees? They know it's hot in that part of the country even without the heatwave.
The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) generates nearly all of its
funding-about $78.5 billion annually according to the
USPS’s most recent financial report-by charging users of
the mail for the costs of the services it provides
Maybe we should start leaving tips ($) in the mailbox.
@@KeepMoving4wrd
Many times a customer would offer me a cold bottle of water, I always appreciated that.
I worked in Florida in a postal truck and I can definitely tell you, it reaches well beyond 100 degrees in that truck. That little bs fan does nothing but make it hotter inside.
I was a bus driver and the county didn’t have AC either I had to quit because it was so hot on the bus
Life is sooooo hard. 😂
@@PeterRabbitWhatsupshe being smart while you want to be tough and dum
@@vandshome I am tough ,13 percenter.
@@PeterRabbitWhatsupyou say that but your truly underestimating how difficult these jobs can be in scorching temperatures. Not to mention your taking the ignorant route undermining another’s struggles other than your own making you solipsistic
@@Nomoredreamt Really? I'm 64 ,retired from working construction outside in the Florida heat and sun. Tell me again how I don't know about working in hot conditions. Please tell me.
They didn't have ac since I worked there in 2006. It's a grueling job, 5 hours sorting Mail, then deliver 9-12 hours everyday. I got the hell out of there. You would need an emergency gallon of water in the easy bake oven. This vehicle never had an upgrade in decades.
😂, yea .... I'm sure that you worked 14 to 17 hours a day .
@@PeterRabbitWhatsupthere are actually some that do. They don’t enforce their 12hrs out of fear of getting retaliated against from management. New mail carriers are mandated to work 6 days week . Until you become regular you are essentially at the behests of whatever they want to throw on you . I enforce my 12 hours and yeah there are weeks where it’s 12hrs each day. That’s because the turn over rate is high and people say f it , they see the job is crap .
@@kiddeath1302 You don't have a clue as to what you're talking about.
Sorry for the family loss. GOD be with the family during this time.
Really sorry to hear about your loss, to the Family of Ms. Wendy Johnson. My daughter is a Letter Carrier here in Maryland, and the Temperatures are excessively hot this time of year. The United States Post Office should be ashamed of themselves, for allowing their Employees to transport mail in such outdated vehicles. Again, my condolences to the Family. I read a similar article about this time last year, to a Carrier in Houston, TX.
Yes, I remember hearing about that too. And what about the other heat related illnesses that the public doesn’t hear about. I’m a recently retired letter carrier. I drove that same type of vehicle for over 34 years. No air conditioning for hot weather and barely any heat for the cold weather.
This southern heat ain't no joke ... Texas , Louisiana, Georgia, Mississippi and Alabama..
It's no fun here in Baltimore either, They say it's the heat not the humidity
Don't leave out Arkansas! I went there a few years ago, and it was absolutely miserable! I'm not a Summertime person from the start! As a matter of fact, I, HATE Summer. My heart goes out to anyone who has to make a living outdoors in the Summertime. I constantly ask myself, how did the SLAVES do it, especially w/o being paid.
My son just went to Kansas for his college orientation, he said the heat there is crucial & mind you, we live in DELAWARE & it’s a heat advisory….. School camps being shut down tomorrow because of the heat wave….
If she is a supervisor why is she in the back of the truck ⁉️
Prob went the extra mile to help out.
Doesn’t matter, anyone can die in the back of a truck, when it’s overheated!
My niece, who works for USPS, said Supervisors ride out with carriers as a part of the carrier’s evaluation. They have to sit in the back since there’s nowhere else for them to sit.
The faulty assumption here that supervisors only work in certain areas.
Where was the key for the standard 4 door car that has US OFFICIAL PLATES. SHE IS SUPPOSE TO RIDE IN THOSE AS A SUPERVISOR OF USPS.
Condolences to her family. Losing your mom is tough enough but, in a senseless way like this adds to the grief and heartache.
PRAYING FOR THE FAMILY AND ALL POSTAL WORKERS
Thank you 😊
The time to work during night and sleep during daylight has arrived.
Welcome to my world.
Easily to get robbed!
So they can get robbed more?
@@archangel0ne correct……climate change is here
Great idea! Will you pilot the program in south Chicago? You'll start your route at midnight, unarmed.
My condolences to the family and this definitely could’ve been prevented with air condition in the mail truck. It only makes sense..
aw come on you know this is America, where we don't make sense!
@@kialuvsyoo We are a mixed-up bunch here in the USA for sure. We know he is bad and compared to Hitler, and still we go vote for him thinking he might change. (Sorry for politics; can't help myself.)
Family should sue
LAWSUIT AGAINST USPS!!! GET THAT BAG!!
This is truly sad. This beautiful woman that gave to the community and was a great mother n person. My family’s sends Strenghth n blessings from Va beach Va🙏🏼❤️
I used to work in a steel mill. It would get up to 120 degrees in the summer. Hard hat, long sleeves, heavy boots. We just drank lots of water to stay hydrated and took salt pills.
@@goldwinger5434 what did you take salt pills for
What did you take salt pills for
People today are soft and don't want to get dirty or sweat for a living. 😂
@@PeterRabbitWhatsuppeople don’t want to die for a living in the heat
@@mclome22 Go hide under your bed.
They charge enough to put air conditioning for their workers this is a shame congress can demand it if they wanted to
Lol. You’re crying about a 50 cent stamp now
you use the usps and why .50 v $3.00 from fedx & ups , fedx&ups use usps for the low rates
The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) generates nearly all of its
funding-about $78.5 billion annually according to the
USPS’s most recent financial report-by charging users of
the mail for the costs of the services it provides
This is terrible. Rest in peace and thank you for your years of service. 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Prayers for the family/friends of the victim. This could have been prevented the postal service makes too much money not to provide the workers with air conditioner vehicles.
This is sad they make the most
Money and Post Office and UPS don’t have AC
UPS in my area has AC now, and they are starting to equip all trucks.
@@raynettescoggins702 that is the result of the latest collective bargaining agreement UPS Union negotiated …. A/C
Ups makes more than usps
@@Incel_81 profit isn’t really the mission of the USPS. I was talking about air conditioning for workers in their delivery vehicles and how hard it’s been for workers even at UPS. Thank you for pointing out, UPS has made untold wealth for shareholders and the founder’s family while putting the health and safety of workers at risk.
@@ycoyle2803 I work there. I know.
This dont sound right
No it doesn't sound right to do a route inspection in the back of essentially an oven. They can do route inspection with a vehicle of her own following the carrier. This is so wrong and sad.
As a postal carrier and LLV driver of 32 years, NO employee should be in the back of those vehicles! We’ve had in our station, postmasters and supervisors who have ridden in the back of those vehicles on route inspections while they sat on anything from a milk crate to a bucket to a kitchen chair. If the carrier would have to slam on the brakes, the person in the back would probably end up in the drivers lap, or worse yet, through the windshield. Just imagine if the vehicle rolled over!It’s somehow okay for management to circumvent safety rules. There are only 2 small vents in the backend of those vehicles. Again, NO person should be riding back there! Take it from a previous user, those vehicles are ovens in the summer and freezers during the winter!!
I agree about the LLV’s. Just a small fan on the dashboard for hot weather and barely any heat for the cold weather.
Omg, this is so sad. My goodness. This poor lady was just doing her job and died. I feel sorry for her kids and family. Those trucks need to have A/C installed in them immediately. It is too hot in TX.
Such a sad story, gone way too soon. What a great example she set for her children. 😓 🙏
Prayers and condolences to the family 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
The Federal Gov’t needs to do better! I spoke to a postal worker recently & he said no matter the weather they have to deliver the mail. I asked even during a tornado or hurricane he said yes we can take cover but it depends. So many people quit because of this
So sad 😔 Prayers for the family during their time of grief.
GOD 🙏🏼 BLESS THIS WOMAN!
Respect,heartfelt condolences n family/friends stay strong
There's no way in hell I would have attempted to get in that truck!!! I would have told my boss to get somebody else to drive it and I'm going home!
CRY ME A RIVER 😂
@corajones1980
You’d be looking for a job
Many prayers for the family and friends of that beautiful young woman.
This doesn’t make any sense! They need to put air conditioning in those trucks! RIP lady💐 My condolences to her family.🙏🏽
Prayers to the family. May she rest in peace
No job worth your life..i I'll call in on bad weather days.. get fired?? At least I'm alive.. PEOPLE NO JOB WORTH YOUR LIFE..
I’m so sorry for your great loss.
USPS Must DO Better!
Supervisors have to take better care of their coworkers especially during a heatwave.
That's incredibly tragic and heartbreaking. No one should have to work in such extreme conditions. My thoughts are with the postal worker's family and colleagues. This really highlights the need for better protections for outdoor workers.
I am so sorry for the loss of this lady. It’s so sad!
My condolences to her family. I agree those trucks temperature is not normal for humans.
Them benefits was not that important. Im sure she couldve called 911 before dying. Smh what an unfortunate event
Overheating is like overdosing: no time for 911. Have you never been overheated? You have to cool down RIGHT NOW!!!
@@KeepMoving4wrd u don't just overheat out the blue. There are s/s before you get to that point
THIS IS SAD! WE LOST A DRIVER LAST WEEK IN THE HEAT
I worked out in the weather my entire life.-- With No AC.--- The human race survived for thousands of years, without AC.
Nowadays most people bodies are accustomed to air conditioning. Years ago my elderly aunt disappeared for many hours in high ninety degree weather. She was found inside a hot barn. The doctor said she survived because her home did not have air conditioning.
When the temperature is this hot, no mail delivery period. No one should have to work under these conditions. RIP 🙏💗
This report is very incomplete, or at least ambiguous. Why would she be in the "back of a hot mail truck for hours"? Those things are TINY on the inside, and she wasn't a small person (not saying she was overweight, but she was not a small person who would easily fit in the back of a mail truck and WHY would anyone go inside the back of it anyhow? They're designed to lean into, NOT get into. I chat with my mail carrier quite often and lots of times he parks in front of my house as I'm right around the halfway point on the street. He opens the back of one of those same trucks and you couldn't even fit much more back there than what they do - which is plastic containers with sorted mail. No way could a person fit back there with the mail also. Also, WHY would someone have to go inside of the "back" of it? Is the vehicle hot? I'm sure it is. I drove a vehicle for work for a few years and I didn't have air conditioning either. Not even a fan like these things do. When we work at a job that requires going outside and driving a vehicle and getting in and out of it in the process several times a day in the summer time, well, yea, it's going to be hot. I'm not buying the story they're trying to sell here. I smell a money grab. Again, if it was so oppressively hot that day, and SO hot in the "back of the truck" .... why was she in there - first of all - at all, but "for hours"? Me thinks there is something more to this story and the "news" station with all the demonstratives (like showing a shot of the sun) is misleading things here. OBVIOUSLY, the family is setting up a law suit, but in reality, there is no feasible reason why she would, again, be "in the back of a hot truck for hours". Why would anyone stay in the back of a tiny mail truck at all, let alone when it was so hot? As the kids say ........ the "math ain't mathing", and I guess the autopsy will clear some things up as maybe her tragic death was due to some other health condition ..... but rest assured, there is a lawyer waiting in the wings .......
The front of the truck isn't much better even with the window down, when there's no AC, and your in it for 10 plus hours.
She was probably in the back of the truck because she was doing a route inspection with a carrier.
Lady Thank you for your hard working service.
Salute to the postal workers. The work in all type of weather
So sorry for your loss and yes no air conditioner is awful. Larger fans would have helped some but not using anything will suffering the airflow out of your body.
So sad !
Wendy will be missed, so sorry for your loss, RIP. I knew her, she was so nice and such a beautiful person.
It's ridiculous that the postal trucks have no air conditioner. It's a government vehicle
Why was she in the back of the truck? Common sesne says you'd need to get out every so often. You also need to drink plentyof water. This is nothing new. RIP
She didn't wanna carry mail because shes a "supervisor" remember???? Let that sink in!
@@Zo_1987 And she wasn't. LOL!!!!
To all of the postal delivery companies:
DO BETTER!!!
The “leaders” sit in their cozy air conditioned offices and homes while good people like Wendy Johnson suffer and lose their lives. It’s not right and I hope the family sues the brakes off of the USPS!
There needs to be a nationwide law put in place in her honor and changes need to be made now!
So sorry to the family, friends, associates, and coworkers for your loss 💐
How terrible 😔 My prayers are with her family.
No air conditioner that’s insane, should be illegal. Fix it.
Postal workers need to go on strike until they get some AC in those vehicles!
I worked telco installer in Florida for many years, none of the trucks had AC. Summertime in Central Florida, high 90s was normal but no matter the temperature, we worked, climbing poles, hanging lines, digging trenches, crawling through attics, so there is more to this story than just heat.
@@msomething3579 not necessarily. each person is going to respond to heat differently.
@@jusletursoulglobaby You’re exactly right.
Times have changed. The planet is warming. A lttle over a decade ago, the summers were hot, but not like it is now.
@@Portia-oc6mr .. it's the same .. in the 70's in a mobile home park the black top was very hot it was brutal you could fry eggs on it in southern California Fontana California
@@Portia-oc6mr Yes, 100 degrees is hotter now than a few years ago,..
Mail delivery should be suspended if the heat rises above a certain temperature. I know that can cause backups and other complications in certain places, but no one should die from delivering the mail during a heatwave.
I as well as millions of people worked in all the weather hot cold rain snow and we all survived. She probably had some kind of unknown medical issue.
My condolences to the family and friends🌹❤️🙏
This is extremely sad
So sorry to hear this. Prayers for the Family
I'm so sorry about the loss of your mom. She was beautiful. ❤